Red Star

Item#005: Red Star
Size	235mm, barrel length is 114mm.	Type	Firearm.
Living	No.	Conscious	No.
Hazards	None.	Gear	None.
Location	Base Seven, Warehouse for Anomalous Weaponry.	Anomaly	[CLASSIFIED INFORMATION].

The item after receiving its weekly maintenance.

Usage

The Article must be used as dictated by Protocol #13: "Final Termination". The selected targets must be Persons of Interest with an Omega threat level. The selected personnel must have reached the specifications of the profile described in Protocol #13. If the latter cannot be carried out due to unexpected circumstances, an individual will be selected from the Insurgent personnel who has successfully passed the Special Persuasion Methods of the Intelligence Department and takes the Pledge of Allegiance to the Haos Doctrine.

Report

The item must be kept in the titanium alloy case and special klevar designed for its protection. The case itself can only be opened by two decoder keys designed specifically for safekeeping, one is in the possession of the Cell Director and the second is in ███████████ ██████. The case is housed in a special blast-proof chamber in the main warehouse, with patrols on 24-hour shifts. A detonator installed in the cover of the case will activate if it is removed from its containment by intruders or enemy organizations.

The Item is a Nagant M1895 revolver of Belgian and Russian manufacture. The revolver shows signs of deterioration due to the passage of time, however it maintains all its functional mechanical parts. The weapon is capable of carrying seven .22 hollow point bullets in its barrel, which remains functional. The weapon has as its only distinguishing mark a star engraved on its side, which marks it as a weapon used by the Russian army in the 1930s. The weapon fires its ammunition without any failure.

The weapon anomaly occurs when the weapon is loaded with regular ammunition and is used on any humanoid with psychic and/or thaumaturgical abilities. When the bullet is shot at the target it is completely immune to psychic, physical, cognitive, subatomic, kinetic or space and time alterations. The fired bullet will continue its course no matter what objects or forces are in its path, whether they are mundane or anomalous in nature. This includes the ability to break through any type of physical or organic barrier. Each bullet placed in the barrel of the weapon and fired by it acquires these properties. The way the weapon does this seems to involve a kind of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Information is necessary to confirm this theory.

Based on research done by the Department of Thaumatology and Hidden Artifacts, the Item is capable of seriously injuring or even killing the following types of humanoids:

• Psychics with a Psionic Resistance Index of more than the known limit.
• Humanoids with abnormal body augmentations.
• Top-level thaumaturges.
• Incorporated entities.
• Beings of pure energy.
• Reality Manipulators from Type I to Type X.

Research shows that fired bullets lose their properties once they hit the target, empty cartridges do not show any abnormality either. Due to the short range that the weapon has, it can only be used in a very close range to the target in turn. Attempts by ShaDES Technology engineers to modify the weapon to give it greater range and accuracy have been unsuccessful due to the fragile state of the weapon.

Appendix

The article was found in Coyoacan, Mexico, during the purchase of weapons in an antique dealer's shop, which was used as a front during transactions. The investigation and interrogation after the discovery of the anomalous properties of the weapon failed to give any kind of clue to its origin. Subsequent information was obtained from the declassified documentation of the GRU Division P that was included in the documentation and anomalies donated as part of the Mutual Benefit Treaty.

[+] Access File F021 - Item: The Nine Grams

(Translated from original Russian)

OSI "THE NINE GRAMS" DIVISION P DEPARTMENT IV
APPROVED 13.III.1939 PRINTING NR:4
FIRM……………………………
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT IV-P-9-GRU D.NR: 23-III-1939
RESPONSIBLE STAFF: IOSIF P. FEDOROV
DETAIL:The device is a Nagant Model 1895 revolver belonging to the Russian Army of the Soviet Union. The operation of the weapon has not been compromised in any way and it maintains its primary functions. The weapon appears to have unique properties that allow it to be used against hostile anomalous entities of almost any class. The investigation has revealed that the weapon was acquired by the NKVD during an exchange with the Soviet government. Removal of the weapon is a priority. As soon as it is acquired experimentation and tests will be carried out immediately.

The origin of the anomaly in the article is unknown to date, however, thanks to the documents of the Psychiatric Division, some clues of its origins have appeared. The following chronological shows the most relevant events in which the article was involved.

[+] Timeline Access

1918 - Yakov Yurovsky and a group of Bolsheviks assassinate Tsar Nicholas II and his family following Lenin's orders. Yurovski is said to have used the article for this, although there is no way to confirm this.

1934 - Sergei Kirov leader of the Leningrad Communist Party is assassinated on the orders of Stalin. The weapon used is confirmed to be the item.

1939 - The GRU Division P discovers the existence of the article and plans a forced extraction of it at the facilities of the NKVD of the Soviet Union. The antendent fails.

1940 - Ramón Mercader uses the article to assassinate León Trotski in Coyoacán, Mexico.

1941 - During the arrival of the Nazi representatives to Mexican soil for the negotiation of cooperation, a group belonging to them sent by the Obskuracorps began an investigation around the article without any success. It is unknown how they obtained information about the anomaly.

1993 - A team belonging to the Group of Interest the Scarlet Hammer arrives on the Mexican coast in search of the article. They abandon their search a week later for unknown reasons.

2017 - Double agents confirm that the Russian Branch of the Foundation has begun its investigation around the article.

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Original: Estrella Roja
Date: 8 Aug 2017
Author: Yorick1
Translator: Yorick1